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KNITTING NEWS
New pattern – Caela Baby Blanket and Dolly Blanket
I have a new baby blanket pattern available! The Caela Baby Blanket is worked in a soft cotton yarn, which is perfect for Spring babies. It features a simple yet stunning stitch which is easy to work so you will soon have a blanket ready for the new arrival.
Work the small size for their first Moses basket or a larger blanket to keep them comfy on their morning walks. Then when they start to crawl or sit up a little, a large square size will be perfect as a playmat or in their playpen. Make a matching dolly or teddy blanket so baby’s elder brother or sister can tuck their favourite friend into their basket too!
The stitch pattern has a wonderful cellular texture to trap the air and give a perfect degree of warmth for an extra Spring-time layer.
To read this week's blogpost "Of tree branches and baby blankets", please click here.
For more information about the new baby blanket pattern, please click here.
Work the small size for their first Moses basket or a larger blanket to keep them comfy on their morning walks. Then when they start to crawl or sit up a little, a large square size will be perfect as a playmat or in their playpen. Make a matching dolly or teddy blanket so baby’s elder brother or sister can tuck their favourite friend into their basket too!
The stitch pattern has a wonderful cellular texture to trap the air and give a perfect degree of warmth for an extra Spring-time layer.
To read this week's blogpost "Of tree branches and baby blankets", please click here.
For more information about the new baby blanket pattern, please click here.
Reversible Knitting Stitches – Library Update
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Our book Reversible Knitting Stitches is in the Hutchinson Public Library in Kansas! Thank you so much to the kind knitters of Hutchinson for adding the book to their library shelves.
I love perusing the knitting and stitching books at my library and could happily sit in the comfy chairs there for hours just looking for new techniques and stitches. If you'd like to see the book in your local library please ask your librarian to purchase a copy here. |
New blogpost: Glorious Garter Stitch
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If I asked you what stitch you first learned to work as a new knitter, what would it be? Well, chances are that would be a knit stitch.
And what stitch pattern can you work using only knit stitches? Well if you are working back-and-forth on straight needles, then that would probably be Garter Stitch. Every Row: Knit to the end. Simple, easy, yet so versatile! Read more about the wonders of Garter Stitch in this week's blogpost here. Btw, the photo to the left shows Anna's wonderfully-named "Ugly Blanket" from her new E-book, Glorious Garter Stitch. To read more about that, please click here. |
New Blogpost: A return to winter and a new scarf
– the Karlskrona Scarf
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It’s been an odd year for weather. Last week in the UK people were sitting in the parks basking in the warm Spring sun but Storm Freya has blown that wonderful sunshine away. Meanwhile in Boston, there has been so much snow this week! A real return to winter.
Well, I for one am not going to stop my winter knitting just yet! So I have just finished up another winter scarf and I can see this is going to be needed straight away. ...
To read more of this blogpost, please click here. Blogpost date 5th March 2019.
To see more details about the Karlskrona Scarf, please click here
Well, I for one am not going to stop my winter knitting just yet! So I have just finished up another winter scarf and I can see this is going to be needed straight away. ...
To read more of this blogpost, please click here. Blogpost date 5th March 2019.
To see more details about the Karlskrona Scarf, please click here
